撫でる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese verb 撫づ (nadu → nazu).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「撫でる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
撫でる
Imperative (命令形) 撫でろ
Key constructions
Passive 撫でられる でられ
Causative 撫でさせる でさせ
Potential 撫でられる でられ
Volitional 撫でよう でよ
Negative 撫でない ない
Negative perfective 撫でなかった なかった
Formal 撫でます でま
Perfective 撫でた でた
Conjunctive 撫でて でて
Hypothetical conditional 撫でれば れば

Verb

()でる (naderutransitive ichidan (stem () (nade), past ()でた (nadeta))

  1. to stroke, caress

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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    Samuel E. Martin (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN